Church or chapel
Kursi Church
Kursi church stands on the bank of the Pedja river, and legend explains why. The church was first meant to be built at Tõrve village, but whatever was built by day was torn down by night. Then the master builder was told in a dream to fill a sieve with river water at Tõrve and walk downstream until the water ran out; there the church should stand. The builder's name was Kusta, and that, the story goes, gave Kursi its name. The church was built in 1648 on older walls, and in 1871–1872 it gained a transept, an apse and twelve small pointed turrets symbolising the twelve apostles.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kursi kirik seisab Pedja jõe kaldal ja legend seletab, miks. Kirikut tahetud algul ehitada Tõrve külla, kuid mis päeval tehtud, see öösel maha lõhutud. Siis näidatud kirikumeistrile unes, et ta võtku Tõrves jõest sõelaga vett ja mingu mööda jõge allavoolu, kuni vesi sõelast otsa saab – sinna tulgu kirik. Meistri nimi olnud Kusta ja sellest saanud Kursi oma nime. Kirik ehitati 1648. aastal vanematele müüridele ning 1871–1872 lisati ristlööv, kooriruum ja kaksteist väikest nooljat tornikest, mis sümboliseerivad kahtteist apostlit.